8th Air Force
25 August 194425th Aug 1944 - 14th Photo Squadron of the 7th Photgraphic Reconnaissance Group
Liberation Ghent (BE) Sept 1944
most likely (but not validated): bought on a militaria market when searching for information on the historie of the barracks at De Sterre - Ghent (BE)
(barracks demolished in 1964)
Mission Details
Description: PHOTOGRAPHIC RECONNAISSANCE MISSION
Notes: B-26s
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Reconnaissance
Mission Statistics
- Tonnage Dropped: NA
Description: PHOTOGRAPHIC RECONNAISSANCE MISSION
Notes: DH98
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Reconnaissance
Mission Statistics
- Tonnage Dropped: NA
Description: PHOTOGRAPHIC RECONNAISSANCE MISSION
Notes: DH98 H2X scope photo sortie.
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Reconnaissance
Mission Statistics
- Tonnage Dropped: NA
Description: PHOTOGRAPHIC RECONNAISSANCE MISSION
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Reconnaissance
Mission Statistics
- Tonnage Dropped: NA
Description: SCOUTING MISSION
Notes: DH98
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Reconnaissance
Mission Statistics
- Tonnage Dropped: NA
ATLANTIC OCEAN
Description: WEATHER RECONNAISSANCE MISSION
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Reconnaissance
Mission Statistics
- Tonnage Dropped: NA
CARPETBAGGER
Description: CARPETBAGGER MISSION
Notes: One C-47 is despatched
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Mission Statistics
- Tonnage Dropped: NA
CONTINENT
Description: WEATHER RECONNAISSANCE MISSION
Notes: DH98
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Reconnaissance
Mission Statistics
- Tonnage Dropped: NA
Revisions
Associated media of 7PRG photo of Ghent, taken on the date of this mission
Lee Cunningham, 8th Air Force missions research database / Stan Bishop's 'Losses of the US 8th and 9th Air Forces', the Combat Chronology of the US Army Air Forces and the work of Roger Freeman including the 'Mighty Eighth War Diary'.